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The Automation Module is used to perform various automated tasks in the SIMS database such as maintenance, report generation, behaviour rule generation and data transfers to third party software.
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The Automation Module is used to perform various automated tasks in the SIMS database such as maintenance, report generation, behaviour rule generation and data transfers to third party software. Generally there is very little you need to do with automation, as it runs itself. However you may need to do some configuration to get it started. <br> <br>
  
The IEP writer facility in PARS uses the Connect server to communicate with the SIMS database. A new [[Preferences| preference]] has been added and should be configured to support this: <br> <br>
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The features of automation are described in brief below, with a link to a wiki page that goes into more detail about each feature. Each link that you can click is coloured and emboldened '''<span style="color:#0645AD">like this</span>''' (you can't click on this one). <br> <br>
Section: ''General'' <br>
 
Permission: ''PARS Connect URL - Used for IEPs and Student Review writeback should be edited with your Connect URL.'' <br> <br>
 
  
 
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Revision as of 09:20, 9 May 2014

The Automation Module is used to perform various automated tasks in the SIMS database such as maintenance, report generation, behaviour rule generation and data transfers to third party software. Generally there is very little you need to do with automation, as it runs itself. However you may need to do some configuration to get it started.

The features of automation are described in brief below, with a link to a wiki page that goes into more detail about each feature. Each link that you can click is coloured and emboldened like this (you can't click on this one).

Usage

To view and manage the jobs that the automation module will perform, go to the job list.

Configuration

You will need to have the Keep Alive service running for Automation to function. See the installing Keep Alive for instructions about this.

Once this is done you can test automation is working by following this instructions on this page.

Pages in category ‘Automation’

The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.